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Interior Health Crisis
Patients observe chaos inside the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital
Kamloops resident Susan Shaw took her husband to the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital…
Severely low staff numbers at Kamloops hospital prompts walkout talks, pleas for help
Nurses at Royal Inland Hospital are coming forward anonymously to report a dangerous short staffing…
Vernon residents dealing with long wait-times, line-ups for blood work
A Vernon councillor is frustrated for seniors and those with health issues who were standing…
Hundreds of Interior Health employees called in sick during Omicron wave
Between 800 to 900 Interior Health employees called in sick during the peak of COVID-19’s…
Lillooet woman waiting for months, had five cancellations for knee surgery at Kamloops hospital
A woman in Lillooet has waited more than seven months and endured five cancellations for…
Thousands in Kamloops, Kelowna still waiting for postponed orthopaedic surgeries
Despite the B.C. government’s statement that it has caught up on almost all surgeries postponed…
Access to healthcare in Kamloops a barrier to potential new residents
Kamloops residents are perhaps not the only ones concerned about the state of healthcare in…
Clearwater ER will be closed yet again this weekend
The emergency department at Clearwater's hospital is closing again this weekend due to staffing issues.…
100 hand painted rocks spread joy at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
More than 100 keepsake rocks were recently hand painted and gifted to healthcare workers at…
Interior Health calling in travel nurses to staff Kamloops hospital
The new Gaglardi Tower is open at Royal Inland Hospital after years of construction, but…
No ambulance or ER available for Ashcroft senior who had heart attack and died
An Ashcroft resident living at a seniors care home within a block of both the…
Medical clinic in Peachland set to reopen in the fall
A small Okanagan town with a population of around 5,000 without a medical clinic for…
Clearwater ER closed for five nights in a row due to staff shortage
The emergency department in Clearwater will be closed for five nights in a row this…
Emergency room closed in Clearwater until next week
Clearwater residents have no local emergency room service overnight for the next week. Interior Health…
Staffing shortage forces overnight closure at Oliver emergency room
South Okanagan residents will have to head to Penticton for emergencies as the Oliver emergency…